Effect of Interface Roughness on Magnetoresistance and Magnetization Switching in Double-Barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junction
  • Hwang, J. Y.
  • Lee, S. Y
  • Lee, N. I.
  • Yim, H. I.
  • Kim, M. Y.
  • 외 8명
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The three kinds of double-barrier magnetic tunnel junction (DMTJ) with or without amorphous ferromagnetic Co70.5Fe4.5Si15B10 (in at. %) free-layer were investigated to understand the effect of the free-layer on the bias voltage dependence of tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio. The DMTJ structure consisted of Ta 45/Ru 9.5/IrMn 10/CoFe 7/AlOx/free-layer 7/AlOx/CoFe 7/IrMn 10/Ru 60 (thickness in nm). Various free layers, such as CoFe 7, CoFeSiB 7, and CoFe 1.5/CoFeSiB 4/CoFe 1.5 were prepared and compared. The roughness values of the interface between free-layer and tunnel barrier were confirmed by using the techniques of X-ray reflectivity and transmission electron microscopy. As a result, the amorphous free-layer made the interface roughness of DMTJ smoother, reducing the interlayer coupling field and suppressing the bias voltage dependence of TMR ratio at a given voltage.

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Amorphous ferromagneticbias voltage dependenceCoFeSiBmagnetic tunnel junctionROOM-TEMPERATUREBIAS VOLTAGE
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Effect of Interface Roughness on Magnetoresistance and Magnetization Switching in Double-Barrier Magnetic Tunnel Junction
저자
Hwang, J. Y.Lee, S. YLee, N. I.Yim, H. I.Kim, M. Y.Lee, W. C.Rhee, J. R.Chun, B. S.Kim, T. W.Kim, Y. K.Lee, S. S.Hwang, D. G.Ri, E. J.
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.2009.2018586
발행일
2009-06
유형
Article; Proceedings Paper
저널명
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
45
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